Thank you for replying...how long did you work for them?
Posted By: Lynn on 2009-04-30
In Reply to: Be careful if you work for them...sm - nn
Let me get this right...if you had typed the report, but it went to QA with a blank, then you didn't get paid for the entire report that you typed? Is this the norm at most companies? Doesn't seem fair to me. 
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Thanks for replying even tho u don't work there
Hopefully it won't be much longer and I can find out if I need an expansion program or not because I'm telling you ShortHand is looking pretty good right now, especially for that price.
Thanks so much for the info!
Thank you everyone for replying.
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Thank you for replying.
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Thanks for replying - 43/50 is not bad at all!
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Thanks for replying
I thought I had seen something about low work after hiring a while back, but that seems okay now? I think I had talked with someone back at the end of last year there but never went any further. Are they IC status only? How's the platform to work on? Do you have to load a bunch of stuff on your computer and do you need special pedal? Thanks for your help! I'm thinking about contacting them again to see what they have available. 
Thank you mg for replying. sm
I am glad that it can remain IC status. Would you be able to share whether or not you have to use a pedal they give you or if the USB wav pedal 5 is compatible with the way you would get their audio? Or would you know if this depends on the account? I am just curious to know if I could use what I already have as opposed to having to install another foot pedal. Thanks again for your feedback regarding the IC status.  I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks you for replying.
Thanks for replying .... sm
Thanks, I decided to not go with them and stay where I am at....
I see. Thanks for replying. NM
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Are you replying to me?
I don't work part time; I work full time. I would love to make 200 lines an hour, but I can't. There are no templates that can be used for these letters, and I have to look up the doctors' addresses on the internet for the letters, which I don't get paid for.
I guess you're telling me I'm in danger of losing my job, then? Thanks for the warning!
By the way, how many lines an hour would be you be typing without any templates, as I am doing? Just curious.
Thanks for replying!
Thanks for letting me know. I don't feel so alone now. I wish I could afford to take a break. So things slow down for hospital accounts on holidays also? I was just wondering about that and if everyone says, hey, this is a holiday, I'm not going to be sick today. I wish the holiday would soon be over. Need the work if you know what I mean.
Thank you all for replying
You all give such good advice, which is why I like coming here. I've been working all night and I guess I just needed to vent. I really don't want to leave this company, so I will try and tuff it out. I think we've all been there with these types of situations. I've got work finally (probably cuz its the weekend, i'm not even scheduled to work) so I'm going to get back to it before it dries up again. Keep your fingers crossed for me :)
Thanks again for the comments and email.....
Replying to you
by e-mail. I do not think you want to work for this company.
Replying to Looking Too
Isn't giving a 2-week notice rather silly when all you would do is sit in a chair with no work? What did you do?
I don't know whose post you are replying to SM
because I was only on full QA for 2 days (which to me isn't long at all). I am having a pretty good experience with them, sorry yours wasn't the same. As far as the people at the company, if I have a question it gets answered pretty fast and I'm getting paid on time and getting enough work - that's all I require so I'm getting what I need.
thanks for replying - see message
I remember reading somewhere on here about being paid for 74 character lines. Does anyone know how many characters per line, 9 characters per line adds up.
How disappointing! But thanks for replying. nm
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Thanks for replying. Much appreciated.
I just felt replying here was enough. I SM
really didn't care to receive an email saying basically the same things. I know she doesn't actually have my email address. I have posted hundreds of times on these boards and this is the first time anyone has done that.
Then stop replying
No one is forcing you to read the posts and respond.
Not Replying To Testers
It would also be nice if you replied to people who take your test, instead of just blowing them away and making them wonder if they passed. Not very good business manners. I had a phone call from you, then you sent the test, and I took lengthy time trying to perfect it, only to be ignored. Even a you didn't pass reply would be better than 0.
Thanks for replying, guys...
At least you asked more more questions than I did. Maybe if I knew somebody in Jersey, ha-ha. I would not have minded driving to the next town if that was required; did that back in the day. Oh well. Maybe if I was 20 and up for an adventure, but guess I'm getting too old for this stuff.
BTW: I am the poster who you were replying above to.
Don't you know a single mom is someone who was married but now alone with a child?
All of the replying post is true.
Even if you do meet your line count by the 3rd pay period but don't meet it later because there is no work to transcribe, you still get the nasty grams and phone calls and told to work 24/7 to stay employed. The MTs who don't have this problem are given preference in order to help them make their line counts, thus reducing the work volume of everyone else.
They also just completely changed their insurance, reduccing benefits and raising the employee portion with only about a 10-day notice.
I am replying about the over hire comment.
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Not the poster you're replying to, but she is RIGHT
VR is way worse than editing as it has been in the past. With editing in the past, you'd take a report transcribed by an MT, a REAL person who did their best with it, and edit that report. No prob.
With VR, you take a report finished by voice recognition, a MESS of a report, not done by a REAL MT who did their best! It's a pile of garbage, a big bag of jumble left for the Editor to sort through and fix ---- a bigger job, a worse job, and on top of THAT, they're paying us HALF of what we usually get paid, not taking into consideration any long-time work experience, skills, knowledge of the MTs.
If you don't understand any of this, then I just don't know about you....
They're not replying to email right now. Hmmm....nm
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No she's not. She's obviiously replying to a post by DB and bringing to top. nm
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I was replying to packrat. I am not sure why it posted under yours. I did not say Hawaii because
who would ever leave Hawaii??? You have a beautiful place to live, and from what I have read, a healthier place to live.
Where would I be without my husband's income? Living in a smaller house, just fine. I married for love and we worked together to get to the point we are now without help from anyone.
I would never, ever criticize you or lecture you and am not talking down to anyone. Packrat just struck me wrong. So many MT's complain that they cannot make money because of a, b or c but never do anything about it. That's all. I did not mean to insult you in any way.
My ending is plenty happy, but it is hopefully 50 years away. I have a great husband, a warm roof over our head and enough food to feed my family and keep us in clothes with a little extra to vacation each year to that place you are lucky enough to call home!
I agree about wishing I had found transcription when my children were younger. I love what I do and am fortunate enough to be good at it and work for someone that has enough work to keep me busy.
If someone is struggling, I will be the first to lend a hand, but to rant and rave about how MOST women don't need to work is just plain BS.
How long ago did you work there?
How long do you have to get your work done as an IC? sm
Do you set your own schedule or have certain times they want you to work? I worked as an IC before and they made me work a 10 hour window every monday through friday. How is Medware?
And just how long ago did you work for them?
I have been there a year and the QA staff is great. No calls in the middle of the night for stats. This is a good company and they have constantly gotten better since I started and they weren't bad then!
How long ago did you work there?
Just curious as they are hiring I think.
How long ago did you work
For Transcend? They no longer have a production team. The team leaders and regional managers are transcriptionists. QA is done by transcriptionists. Also, even though your account may be on VR, that does not mean you will editing all reports. It all depends on which doctors are on editing. There is still a lot of typing on VR accounts.
How long ago did you work for them?
Maybe it is better now. Could you elaborate further, please.
And how long have you been without work? Do you do VR? - nm
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How long ago did you work there?
What other company names are associated with this company?
How long did you work there? sm
It took me a good week, week and a half to be comfortable with my account. My SIL also works for KS, and she did not like the account she was on and told them, and they moved her to another account, which she loves. She followed me there and they took great care to find her an account that was better for her. My neighbor, on the other hand, did not last. They let her go after a week for quality. I felt horrible as I was the one who got her into transcription many years ago and she is angry with me because they let her go.
how long ago did you work sm
there? Is it recently or in the distant past?
Thanks
I work here, but not for long...
All I can say is people are very unhappy and leaving left and right. They switched us all over the Turbo Speech program and we aren't nearly as productive as we were in EXText. Also, they do send some of their work to India and our supervisors are nonresponsive. You feel ignored. The benefits are good (lots of PTO, like 2 weeks plus sick, but paid at a base rate of just over $9/hour, paid holidays, 401k matching, and decent insurance) and we seem to have plenty of work now, but I'm leaving. I prefer text and responsive management. As far as lines go, it's VR now and you are lucky to get 300/hour.
Good luck!
Just how long have you been out of work?
We all know that with this industry the work is feast or famine. Have you had times of feast, too, with Transcend? Has it just been the summer months that have been bad for you with your accounts? Or, has work just been dwindling down now for many months in a row on every single one of your accounts?
Do you do a variety of work types? Do you do VR and straight transcription.
Please understand that I am not trying to be a jerk. I am an MDI-er and I really, really want to know what to expect. I remember last summer at MDI I nearly had no work and I was infuriated. Then, along around September or so, it started to pick up again. Go figure. Thanks in advance to your reply
How long did you guys below work there?
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I work for 2 nationals, and I think as long as you are an IC sm
no one really has a right to tell you that you cannot work for as many people as you want. However, as someone pointed out, most companies nowadays have you sign a contract with a no-solicitation clause, stating that you cannot solicit work from any of the accounts you have worked on for them for 1-2 years.
Still, I do not broadcast to either company that I am working for someone else. I simply let each company know the days I am available to work for them.
Hope this helps. Try not to let the nasty/negative posts get to you. There are always those in every group who take more joy from tearing someone down than listening and possibly lending a helping hand. Fortunately, they are NOT in the majority.
Good luck!
Okay - I probably didn't work long enough to get used to it. nm
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How long you been at Webmedx? I currently work there and
think they are a great company except for slow issues. Where you going?
It has been little or no work for a long time now.
And the only thing I can get are those editing jobs that don't even come close to reimbursing you for the time spent trying to clean up the mess. I think making money at Transcend is a thing of the past. This company is definitely on my list of things to get rid when I do my summer housecleaning.
I would work also for as long as I could stand it...nm
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How long ago did you work for Focus?
Why would a company keep wasting their time posting ads if their intention is not to hire the people who apply?
I work there now and have every other MT who works on the account that I work on - listed on my IM. There is not a single Indian name.
I have an American team lead and they will soon replace any remaining Indian TLs with American TLs.
Obviously, a lot has changed since you worked there.
As long as anyone's work schedule is
approved by their supervisor, that is between them and their supervisor, not anyone else's business.
As long as you have work and are not running out, why worry? sm
I know exactly what company you are referring to and they HAD to do it to be able to keep within TAT. There were not enough MTs and not enough QUALIFIED MTs applying. I have not heard of many people being out of work. Are you running out? I was also disappointed, but I have to pay my bills and the rest of the companies out there are far worse than ours. Trying to find a company that doesn't offshore and pays well and has decent dictators is extremely, extremely difficult. Hang in there!!
Any long-time QTers here? Do they have enough work to go around? Thx. nm
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